Very Touchy conditions on steep slopes in Rogers Pass

Quick report

Weather

sunny

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Remote trigger of the entire Video Peak from 200m away: We grouped up in the last protected spot before the Crux of the Video Peak uptrack. I went out to investigate and experienced an earthquake-like "whumph" that lasted for what seemed to be 5 seconds. Even before the whumph had finished, I was high-tailing it back to the protected cave where the group was waiting. We estimated a size 2.5 avalanche that ran at least 350m in length, with crowns of 1m-20cm @ 2500m, east aspect. No involvements and no tracks buried. We exited Hospital Gully and had descent turns.